Poetry

Anything is subject for a poem: A catalog of boxing equipment, a collage ot other poems. Serpentine trail of incense, raised deer fur, old shoes pointed pigeon-toed. Glass and steel cityscape. almond eyes of a saint. weeping of tiny flowers. Sunlight on whitewashed walls, blue shadows ot stooped women. A sprung mousetrap, a trickle of blood in the gutter. The homing swoop of a gull, chill whitecapped bay. scent ot eucalyptus. Green lawn of broken blades, clods of fat earth. Anything is subject for a poem.

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Even m sleep, write a poem.

When waking, write a poem. \Tnle loving, write a poem.

Even voting, write a poem. ^Tien angry, wnte a poem.

While dreaming, write a poem. The sages say quite seriously that those who wish to know Tao better should cultivate the poet in themselves.